He became the Swans then-record signing when he signed from Celtic for £5.5m in 2012, but has found himself out of favour at the Liberty, and last season had a successful loan spell at Sunderland.

But as he prepares for his first full Premier League season in charge of the Swans, Monk wants Ki to put pen to paper and commit his future to the club, insisting he is very much part of his plans for the forthcoming campaign.

“I’ve said how important Ki is to us, what a good player I think he is, and what he can offer us,” said Monk.

“Obviously his time at Swansea since he signed for us has not hit its full heights for whatever reason, but for me he hasn’t seen the real Swansea. I’d like to show him that.

“I want to keep him here. He’s a very good guy, a good professional, so yeah, we’ll be trying to make him an offer to keep him at Swansea City.

“You have to be confident. I’ve had good chats with him.

“Obviously, Ki was at the World Cup. We’d like to have got something sorted earlier, but that’s the way it’s gone.

“We’ll sit down over the next week or so and try and sort out a deal to keep Ki at the club.”

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